Natalie, a delightful Irish Girl,

(she zipped off to Ireland immediately after this picture was taken)

Natalie simply wanted a few pictures to build up a folio,
some were simply 'head shots',
and a few were 'figure shots'

oddly enough - I think that you'd call this image a figure picture,

the lighting is quite simple,

the objective being to show that Natalie has a good figure,
and to look 'sexy' without showing 'too much'.

 

I think it has worked,

Natalie liked the picture, that's the most important thing anyway.

 

Aha. we play with lights . . .

 

that's one huge advantage of having a studio.

no matter what the weather - we can still take pictures !

 

oddly enough,
when I first became very serious about photography,
I made the decision that I wanted to learn as much as I could about light.

(light being the thing that makes the picture you understand . . )

 

In our country - it's either too dark, too wet, too windy, or just plain awful weather - at just the time you want to take a picture.

winter evenings out of doors are a bit of a no no.

so a studio wast the obvious decision.

I haven't looked back since.

I've learned a heck of a lot about what light can and can't do,
just by studying the effects of the studio lighting.

It's fun too.

(well - I like it)..

 

I also get the opportunity to be creative with light.

 

this lady is 21 and for her birthday,
her feller treated her to a studio session.

(the pictures are here with permission of course !)